大東流合気武道大東会
INTRODUCTION
Daito-ryu Aikibudo, History and technique is the first book
to comprehensively show the roots, principles and techniques
of this ancient art passed down directly from its last Soke,
Takeda Tokimune.
The book, written by one of the very few westerners to have
ever studied on a consistent basis in Daitokan dojo and later
in the Budokan dojo of Abashiri: Antonino Certa Shihan.
Features: over 40 pages of never before published text
directly written by Takeda Sensei about the history and
principles of the School, including aiki; a great deal of
original photographic material showing Takeda Tokimune Soke
and Kato Shigemitsu, today's Soshi of the Nihon Daito-ryu
Aikibudo association, and the other elder students of the late
Soke (over 70 photos); a comprehensive technical view of all
the art, including a glimpse of the most advanced catalogues
of techniques like Aikinojutsu, Goshin'yōnote, Hidenōgi,
Chuden-no-maki, Okuden-no-maki as well as Takeda-den Ono-ha
Itto-ryu kenjutsu (over 220 technical photos). The book also
includes biographic profiles and ranks of all the major
students of Takeda Tokimune Soke and a substantial translated
selection of Takeda Sokaku's eimeiroku (registers) from the
Meiji to the Showa periods. In these records there is the
confirmation of how many famous Japanese masters of that time
attended classes of Takeda Sokaku, first of all Morihei
Ueshiba founder of Aikido.
Index of the book:
